equipment
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- IPA: /ɪ'kwɪpmənt/
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equipment (uncountable)
- The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
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- The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. David Hume.
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- Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc.; for carrying on business); horse equipment; infantry equipment; naval equipment; laboratory equipment.
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- Armed and dight, In the equipment of a knight. Henry Longfellow.
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- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (gaming, chiefly role-playing games) Any item (armor, weapons, clothing, accessories) that can be equipped by a character (worn on their person for immediate use).
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the act of equipping
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whatever is used in equipping
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